Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Recognizing the very real threat to global economies and ecosystems posed by biodiversity loss, prominent global corporations are venturing beyond the atmosphere and into the biosphere. First, we must guard against greenwashing: opportunistic corporations exploiting TNFD’s intricacies to mask inaction or inflate minor efforts.

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Chris Hall

MAY 16, 2024

According to the AFII, they hold the potential of directing “billions of dollars” into the decarbonisation of the global economy, and could enable companies and countries to commit to and finance ambitious transition plans. Nevertheless, the flexibility they afford has been welcomed in some regions – particularly in developing markets.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 4, 2022

So media, branding, and press, if not based on greenwashing, matters environmentally as much as it does financially. Second, in theory, businesses actually do want to solve the climate problem, because warming is proving to be so disruptive to global economies (Google “flood Pakistan Mississippi.”)

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We must have zero tolerance for net zero greenwashing.” Yet the implication that all corporate climate action is tantamount to greenwashing is simply wrong. Accountability is key – for governments, cities, researchers and, of course, business. We must all deliver against the commitments we have made. The reality is far more complex.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JANUARY 27, 2023

Barriers to progress Companies and governments are under increasing scrutiny to deliver on their climate goals, and concerns around corporate greenwashing are rife, as our recent survey produced with Conservation International, Corporate Minds on Climate Action , highlighted.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 17, 2023

In this environment the most successful future companies will be those that are positioned to both help decarbonise the global economy and thrive in a post-climate law economy. These pressures are becoming tangible financial issues.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

In 2022, the voice against “greenwashing” practices was clear and loud. Figure 2: Word Greenwashing rated 100 in popularity in 2022 – source Google Trends. As a result, 91% of the global economy and almost half of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges. 2022 Sustainability Summary.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 16, 2022

Given the immense sustainability challenges we face and the resulting quest toward a sustainable transformation of the global economy, this should warrant some self-examination amongst investors in terms of their related spending.

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James Militzer

MAY 31, 2024

However, despite this positive shift in consumer investment choices, a considerable portion of these ETFs are blatant greenwashing and lack meaningful environmental impact. There’s no doubt that the climate-conscious consumer is rising as a force across global economies and capital markets.

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Sustainability Update

MAY 17, 2023

Far from being just rocket launches or space exploration missions, space-based applications, services, and data contribute to many societal services that are woven into the infrastructure of the global economy.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In this context, several countries and companies have taken up the challenge, and currently, 90% of the global economy and a third of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges. Besides, a third of the respondents consider offsetting as pure greenwashing. Some companies avoid using them due to the risk of greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 17, 2025

A 2024 report by Moodys said green hydrogen will play no significant role in the decarbonisation of the global economy for at least a decade. The future use of green hydrogen will likely to be limited to hard-to-abate industrial processes and highly localised in its production and use, the Shift report said.

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Sphera

APRIL 21, 2022

More than 70 countries , including the biggest polluters — have set a net-zero target, covering about 76% of global emissions. in 2019, net-zero pledges covered just 16% of the global economy , and by 2021, nearly 70% had committed to achieving net-zero by 2050. This has fueled confusion and accusations of greenwashing.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 3, 2022

The global economy, as it stands today, is clearly not yet geared towards sustainable development and the main global benchmarks reflect this. This would be nearly double the 1.5°C Creating confusion.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At COP26, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero ( GFANZ ) declared a sector-wide commitment of US$130 trillion – a number that has increased over the year to US$150 trillion – of private capital to transition the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As a result, 90% of the global economy and a third of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges. Two events will increase corporate Net-zero programs credibility and separate climate action from pure greenwashing: The launch of the first science-based Net-Zero standard by SBTi.

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ESG Today

JUNE 2, 2024

See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your ESG news at ESG Today: Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Nucor Pioneer New Clean Energy Investment, Risk Sharing Models with Duke Energy Brookfield In Talks to Acquire Clean Energy Developer Neoen for $6.6

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 29, 2023

But the budget “doesn’t show any progress towards fulfilling Canada’s promise to end fossil fuel subsidies this year,” and misses out on just transition/ sustainable job investments that would have reflected “an honest examination of the future of the oil and gas industry in this rapidly shifting global economy.” “The

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 13, 2024

Sustainable Investment Forum, in a statement. vice-president and co-founder of sustainable asset firm Generation Investment Management. But it’s not the full accounting of corporate climate pollution that we need,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

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Just Capital

JUNE 2, 2022

Well, as you acknowledge, the moment right around when Jack took over was a period of immense change in the American economy and the global economy at large. Under Gary Gensler, the SEC is very clearly working to reduce and also police “greenwashing.” How do you see it tied to everything we’ve been talking about?

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